Template:Infobox glacier The Shafat Glacier — Parkachik Glacier is a 14 kilometres (9 mi) long[1] glacier in the Himalayan Range in Ladakh, India.[2]
Geography[edit | edit source]
It is situated 85 kilometres (53 mi) south from Kargil and 294 kilometres (183 mi) east from Srinagar on the right side of Kargil — Zanskar Road near the border of the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh in India.[3]
The Shafat Glacier — Parkachik Glacier gives rise to the two mountain peaks of Nun and Kun which have an elevation of more than 6800 meters, and it provides a base to climb these mountain peaks. It lies at an average elevation of 4400 meters. The melt waters add to the flow of the Suru River which is a tributary of the Indus River.[4]
The Shafat Glacier/Parkachik Glacier is a broken, ice falling glacier melting at an alarming rate due to the Global warming,[5]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Zanskar Range". himalayanclub.org. Archived from the original on 6 January 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
- ↑ "Shafat Glacier". india9.com. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ↑ "Parkachik Glacier". india9.com. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ↑ "Jammu Kashmir Geography Rivers". mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
- ↑ Fanny Bullock Workman, Mrs (1909). Himalayan glaciers: Shafat glacier. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
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